-ഇയ

Malayalam

Etymology

Compound of -ഇ (-i) +‎ -അ (-a).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ijɐ/

Suffix

-ഇയ • (-iya)

  1. adjective formative for words ending in a consonant or -u
    ‎ചെറു (ceṟu, “small”) + ‎-ഇയ (-iya) → ‎ചെറിയ (ceṟiya, “small”)
    ‎വലു (valu, “big”) + ‎-ഇയ (-iya) → ‎വലിയ (valiya, “big”)
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